Sanctuary oil lamp



Margh 2, 1943. o. D. GUILFOIL, JR I 2,312,640

SANCTUARY OIL LAMP Filed April 12, 1941 HTTURNEYS.

Patented Mar. 2, 1943 SANCTUARY OIL LAMP Oscar D. Guilfoil, Jr., Syracuse, N. Y., assignor to Muench-Kreuzer Candle 00., Inc., Syracuse, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application April 12, 1941, Serial No. 388,200

1 Claim.

This invention relates to oil containers or candle lamps, uch as oil sanctuary lamps, and has for its object an oil container by which the container with the oil and the candle wick therein can be handled and transported as a unit and the container sealed against leakage and the wick held from displacement. It further has for its object an oil-tight closure for the container having a central removable portion having means for holding the wick from displacement. Thus, the container with the oil therein can be handled and transported without leakage of oil and upon the removal of the central portion is ready for lighting with the wick central of the opening and the body of the closure serving to control the passage of air to the wick and the outlet of the product of combustion.

The invention consists in the novel features and in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invetnion, reference is had to the accompanying drawing in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of this container with the oil and wick therein.

Figure 2 i a fragmentary plan view.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 with the central portion of the closure removed.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 of a slightly modified form of the invention.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 1 of another modified form.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the float for guiding the wick as the oil consumes.

I designates the container which may be of any suitable shape or size, and here shown as almost cylindrical in general form, it being tapered slightly for the purpose of convenience in the manufacture or molding thereof. The container is of a transparent or translucent material, usually glass. 2 designates the closure sealing the top of the container, this having a removable central portion 3 formed with a depression 4 on its inner side for receiving the end of the relatively stifi wick 5 and holding the wick from displacement in the oil 6 during handling, shipping and storing. The wick, as will be understood, is comparatively stifi and may be of the usual bamboo or partly metal construction. It is held at its lower end in the bottom of the container in a metal disk 1, usually tin, formed to fit the bottom of the container to keep the wick centered and from shifting. The closure 2 may be of any suitable material and made ornamental if desired. It is sealed at its margin at 8 to the top of the container.

For the purpose of handling and storing, the closure 2 is flat and the depression 4 on the under sidethereof is formed in the bottom of a reverse depression 9 in the removable central portion 3 of the closure. The central portion is secured to the main body by means of a rupturable joint or along a weakened line or scoring ll] which may be formed with a tab H for coacting with a key K. By passing the key over the tab, so that the tab passes through a slot in the key, and then turning the key, the central portion is wound up around the key and in so doing fracturing the line of cleavage at H), so that the central portion can be lifted out and thrown away, leaving a passage for the products of combustion and the air supporting combustion. The removable central zone hold the upper end of the wick from displacement until the zone is removed to use the candle lamp. As seen in Figure 4, an annular zone l2 may be interposed between the margin of the central portion l3 and the main body of the closure, which zone may be removed with a key, similar to the key K. Or as seen in Figure 5, the central portion may be in the nature of a plug tightly fitted into a central opening in the body of the closure 2 and provided with an annular lip on its outer side by which it can be pried out of the central opening. In any case, the removable portion is formed with a recess 4 for initially holding the ends of the wick.

I4 is a float of any suitable construction for guiding the wick as the oil consumes, that is,

holding the wick in the center of the body of oil.

By this invention, the container may be tightly sealed and remain tightly sealed until the oil is to be used, and the candle lamp is made ready for use by merely removing the central portion of the closure.

What I claim is:

A self-contained liquid candle lamp unit including a container open at its top, a closure permanently sealed to the open top and having a central portion provided with means for coacting with the upper end of the wick to hold the wick upright in the liquid during storage, shipping and handling, said portion being removable providing an opening for the outlet of the products of combustion and an inlet for the outside air supporting combustion, the removable portion being integrally secured to the major part of the closure by a sealed rupturable joint.

OSCAR D. GUILFOIL'JR. 

